incastrare — Italian conjugation

to fit in

Frequency#981Regular

Indicative

Present (Presente) Regular

The presente covers habits, ongoing situations, and plans about to start — much like English “I study” and “I am studying”. One present tense does both in Italian.

Lavora da casa tre giorni a settimana.

Pronoun	Italian	English
io	incastro	I fit in
tu	incastri	you fit in
lui/lei	incastra	he/she/it fits in
noi	incastriamo	we fit in
voi	incastrate	you (pl.) fit in
loro	incastrano	they fit in

Simple past (Passato remoto) Regular

The passato remoto tells a completed, narrative past, especially in the south and in literature. The passato prossimo is the normal spoken past in the north, so you choose register and region, not a difference in time alone.

Quella sera arrivò tardi, senza alibi.

Pronoun	Italian	English
io	incastrai	I fitted in
tu	incastrasti	you fitted in
lui/lei	incastrò	he/she/it fitted in
noi	incastrammo	we fitted in
voi	incastraste	you (pl.) fitted in
loro	incastrarono	they fitted in

Imperfect (Imperfetto) Regular

The imperfetto is for incomplete past actions, context, and repeated or habitual situations without a clear end. The passato prossimo, not the remoto, is its usual “event” partner in speech.

Da bambina passavo le estati al mare.

Pronoun	Italian
io	incastravo
tu	incastravi
lui/lei	incastrava
noi	incastravamo
voi	incastravate
loro	incastravano

Conditional (Condizionale) Regular

The condizionale is for polite “would you…”, first-condition hypotheticals, and reported future from a past point of view. The classic if-chain is se + imperfetto → condizionale.

Potresti alzare un poco la voce?

Pronoun	Italian	English
io	incastrerei	I would fit in
tu	incastreresti	you would fit in
lui/lei	incastrerebbe	he/she/it would fit in
noi	incastreremmo	we would fit in
voi	incastrereste	you (pl.) would fit in
loro	incastrerebbero	they would fit in

Future (Futuro semplice) Regular

The futuro semplice is for predictions and far decisions. In speech you often hear the present (with a time adverb) or a paraphrase, and a famous trick is the futuro di probabilità for a present guess: saranno le tre.

Domani partiremo all'alba.

Pronoun	Italian	English
io	incastrerò	I will fit in
tu	incastrerai	you will fit in
lui/lei	incastrerà	he/she/it will fit in
noi	incastreremo	we will fit in
voi	incastrerete	you (pl.) will fit in
loro	incastreranno	they will fit in

Present perfect (Passato prossimo) Regular

The passato prossimo is the workhorse preterit-like past in the north and in everyday Italian: avere/essere + participle, essere for reflexives, motion, and other change-of-state patterns.

Siamo andati a piedi, poi abbiamo preso l'autobus.

Pronoun	Italian	English
io	ho incastrato	I have fitted in
tu	hai incastrato	you have fitted in
lui/lei	ha incastrato	he/she/it has fitted in
noi	abbiamo incastrato	we have fitted in
voi	avete incastrato	you (pl.) have fitted in
loro	hanno incastrato	they have fitted in

Pluperfect (Trapassato prossimo) Regular

The trapassato prossimo is “further in the past than another past” — the Italian pluperfect. It pairs with a main past clause to mark sequence.

Avevamo già mangiato quando suonò il telefono.

Pronoun	Italian	English
io	avevo incastrato	I had fitted in
tu	avevi incastrato	you had fitted in
lui/lei	aveva incastrato	he/she/it had fitted in
noi	avevamo incastrato	we had fitted in
voi	avevate incastrato	you (pl.) had fitted in
loro	avevano incastrato	they had fitted in

Conditional perfect (Condizionale passato) Regular

The condizionale passato is for unreal or missed past results and often appears with se + trapassato prossimo in the protasis.

Avrei accettato, se mi avessero avvisato in tempo.

Pronoun	Italian
io	avrei incastrato
tu	avresti incastrato
lui/lei	avrebbe incastrato
noi	avremmo incastrato
voi	avreste incastrato
loro	avrebbero incastrato

Future perfect (Futuro anteriore) Regular

The futuro anteriore says something will already be over before a still-later future, or, like the French, can express a logical guess about a past result.

Entro le cinque, avrà già lasciato l'ufficio.

Pronoun	Italian	English
io	avrò incastrato	I will have fitted in
tu	avrai incastrato	you will have fitted in
lui/lei	avrà incastrato	he/she/it will have fitted in
noi	avremo incastrato	we will have fitted in
voi	avrete incastrato	you (pl.) will have fitted in
loro	avranno incastrato	they will have fitted in

Subjunctive

Present subjunctive (Congiuntivo presente) Regular

The congiuntivo presente is required after many verbs and fixed phrases of will, fear, purpose, and doubt. Impersonal and semi-impersonal triggers (è importante che) also force the subjunctive mood.

Penso che sia la scelta giusta.

Pronoun	Italian
io	incastri
tu	incastri
lui/lei	incastri
noi	incastriamo
voi	incastriate
loro	incastrino

Imperfect subjunctive (Congiuntivo imperfetto) Regular

The congiuntivo imperfetto is the past of the congiuntivo system after a past matrix clause and in se + congi. imperf. → condizionale with unreal conditions.

Se avessi più tempo, viaggerei ogni mese.

Pronoun	Italian
io	incastrassi
tu	incastrassi
lui/lei	incastrasse
noi	incastrassimo
voi	incastraste
loro	incastrassero

Other forms

Imperative (affirmative) (Imperativo) Regular

The affirmative imperativo reuses the tu form as 3sg for -are verbs, while other conjugations use the normal tu present. It is the direct command register.

Raccontami com'è andata l'esame.

Pronoun	Italian
tu	incastra
lui/lei	incastri
noi	incastriamo
voi	incastrate
loro	incastrino

Imperative (negative) (Imperativo negativo) Regular

Negative commands use non + full infinitive in modern Italian, which is a distinctive rule compared to other Romance languages. Polite or indirect “please don’t” can still soften the tone in context.

Non aprire quella finestra, per favore.

Pronoun	Italian
tu	non incastrare
lui/lei	non incastri
noi	non incastriamo
voi	non incastrate
loro	non incastrino